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Legislative Assistant I salaries

What the State of Minnesota pays people with the job title “Legislative Assistant I” in fiscal year 2026, across all agencies.

Employees
45
FY 2026
Total paid
$1.8M
in FY 2026
Median paid
$50,485
base rate median $52,811
Average paid
$39,625
across 45 with pay
Highest paid
$67,519
Barks, Chelsea

Median pay by fiscal year

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Agencies with this job title

FY 2026, largest agencies by number of people; averages use the amount paid in the year

Most people
Highest average pay (3+ people)
$39,625
Employees, FY 2026
NameAgencyBase payPaid ▼Overtime
Barks, ChelseaSenate
Majority General Admin
$27.95 /hr$67,519—
Browender, CarolynSenate
Majority General Admin
$29.06 /hr$60,277—
Johnson, JessicaSenate
Minority General Admin
$28.41 /hr$60,160—
Otto, EileenSenate
Majority General Admin
$28.21 /hr$59,595—
Keliher, MatthewSenate
Majority Research
$28.12 /hr$59,486—
Yeager, TessaSenate
Majority General Admin
$27.39 /hr$59,336—
Tidwell-Bennett, TaylorSenate
Majority General Admin
$27.02 /hr$58,245—
Tibodeau-Lissick, EllieSenate
Majority General Admin
$27.28 /hr$57,733—
Larson, CharlesSenate
Majority General Admin
$27.02 /hr$57,164—
Arab, MaryamSenate
Majority General Admin
$26.87 /hr$57,134—
Butenhoff, EmilySenate
Majority General Admin
$27.35 /hr$56,784—
Thornton, RyanSenate
Minority General Admin
$27.67 /hr$55,475—
Orvis, JoySenate
Minority General Admin
$29.72 /hr$53,996—
Schaefer, ChristinaSenate
Minority General Admin
$24.66 /hr$53,435—
Hendrickson, DavidSenate
Minority General Admin
$25.39 /hr$52,732—
Taylor, KashantiSenate
Majority General Admin
$24.89 /hr$52,672—
Stankiewicz, MadeleineSenate
Majority General Admin
$24.88 /hr$52,247—
Parkin, BrooksSenate
Minority General Admin
$24.72 /hr$52,122—
Thissen, CadenSenate
Minority General Admin
$24.60 /hr$52,065—
Foss, JakobSenate
Majority General Admin
$24.45 /hr$51,570—
Hartje, MikaylaSenate
Minority General Admin
$24.80 /hr$51,506—
Queensland, ZacharySenate
Minority General Admin
$25.26 /hr$50,643—
Aweys, MustafaSenate
Majority General Admin
$24.30 /hr$50,485—
Tiffany, SydneySenate
Minority General Admin
$25.04 /hr$50,152—
Hitchcock-Willis, OliviaSenate
Majority General Admin
$26.42 /hr$49,036—
Weinreich, AlexanderSenate
Minority General Admin
$24.50 /hr$43,730—
Lee, BethanySenate
Minority General Admin
$24.64 /hr$38,194—
Wing, David WSenate
Minority General Admin
$24.71 /hr$33,013—
Handzel, SophiaSenate
Majority General Admin
$24.67 /hr$29,604—
Layman, KyraSenate
Majority General Admin
$26.30 /hr$29,351—
Ternes, SkylarSenate
Minority General Admin
$25.76 /hr$25,237—
Lim, Jia SeanSenate
Majority General Admin
$30.19 /hr$22,793—
Barnes, Georgia SheaSenate
Majority General Admin
$24.86 /hr$19,316—
Lundin, TaylorSenate
Majority General Admin
$25.61 /hr$18,849—
Cullen, ZacharySenate
Majority General Admin
$27.25 /hr$18,322—
Ruei, JanyjorSenate
Minority General Admin
$24.48 /hr$16,465—
Lunde, SydneySenate
Journal
$23.62 /hr$16,049—
Schjoelberg Seorum, Jonas ASenate
Minority General Admin
$24.81 /hr$15,283—
Sohr, CassandraSenate
Majority General Admin
$27.08 /hr$14,269—
Leonard, TrinitySenate
Minority General Admin
$24.53 /hr$14,053—
Cox, PaigeSenate
Majority General Admin
$23.62 /hr$13,751—
Anderson, OliviaSenate
Majority General Admin
$24.79 /hr$13,411—
Krull, Rylan ASenate
Minority General Admin
$23.62 /hr$10,280—
Saxena, Nikhil JSenate
Majority General Admin
$28.74 /hr$8,749—
Brandt, DerekSenate
Minority General Admin
$32.16 /hr$825—

Each person counts once per fiscal year, agency and county (multiple positions combined, shown as “+ more”). “Paid” is the total paid during the fiscal year, including overtime and other pay; it is lower than the base rate for anyone who started, left or worked part time. “Base pay” is the rate on record.